About - People Search Australia, missing persons and people tracing and our location service

Each year some 30,000 persons are reported as missing through out Australia. The police and related services managed to locate most of these. Actually the vast majority of persons are not actually lost (with the exception of young children and the odd errant explorer. What happens is either contact details are not kept up to date as people move about or people deliberately drop from sight usually  to avoid responsibilities or escape from reality.

PEOPLE SEARCH Australia specializes in finding missing persons and putting you back in touch with people you lost contact with or need traced. During our many years in the business of tracing people we have at PEOPLE SEARCH developed a rich series of databases packed with a fund of information both current and historical. We are thus able to offer a comprehensive range of search services which covers these Australian and other international databases to assist you in your endeavours to locate any person. These include tracing ancestry, locating will beneficiaries and descendents, genealogical research and family tree mapping services.

Our main offices are based in Brisbane. Click here for all our Contact information and a Priority Request for a free quote. We have investigation agents operating Australia wide and in New Zealand which means we have a wealth of investigative experience at our disposal. Since our formation in 1997 we have had some remarkable success in tracking down long lost persons. To view testimony from some of our clients click here.

To check out the background of our Company Directors who are licensed private investigators read on below.

Managing Director
Ben Munford QPM CPM AIMM

A seasoned administrator with 30 years senior managerial experience in the Royal Hong Kong Police. Before joining People Search Australia’s management team in 1997 he was responsible for the delivery of a complex web of some 20 different police computer and related communications systems. Prior to this he was for two years head of a police management Consultancy team. Recognised for his extensive background in leading change management and trouble-shooting skills, he also developed a reputation for his innovative use of cost saving measures without any deterioration in standards of service. Retiring at the Rank of Assistant Commissioner his command experience spans the ambits of Commercial Crime, Counterfeit, Fraud, Organised Crime and Missing Person Investigations in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. His responsibilities in the past have required him to lecture extensively and to make presentations to governmental bodies. In addition he has wide experience of organisational liaison on an international level. He is also a fully qualified and licensed Private Investigator. For an e-mail consultation click here or phone 0419 571 517.

Director of Operations
Ken Taylor FAICD

A highly accomplished investigator who has seen service with both the Australian Federal Police and the Royal Hong Kong Police between 1975 and 1989. He holds a Diploma in Chinese Law from the University of East Asia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. On his retirement from Hong Kong he found a niche in Australia where his investigation skills and knowledge of Asian Culture and language could be used. He was appointed to the Anti Counterfeiting Action Group (ACAG) in 1991 and remains a part of that group today. He founded and established the Midpoint Group of Companies specialising in the provision of security manpower, alarm and patrol services. This company grew from zero to $1.5 million in sales in a six year period. He also founded and remains the Managing Director of Trade Mark Investigation Services a well known Investigative company whose client list includes a number of major corporations and bodies. TMIS specialises in Brand Management programs and Industrial & Intellectual property protection.